El acceso a los cargos de gobierno de la audiencia de Quito (1701-1750)
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https://doi.org/10.3989/aeamer.2006.v63.i2.19Keywords:
Hispanoamérica, colonial, government, selling of offices, audiencia de Quito, XVIII centuryAbstract
Study oft the designations of the posts of government (“presidencias”, “gobiernos”, ”alcaldías Mayores” y “corregimientos”) in the “Audiencia” of Quito and its connection with the way to get them (by a service given, by a merit, by money…). The appointments were effected from Madrid during the first half of the 18th century. Analysis in detail of the posts and of the amounts of money that were paid as a benefit in order to get the post as well as some references to the same circumstances in the High Court at the end of the rign of Carlos II (1674-1700). Location of the designated personages, information about the dedication to their work and about their social standing. In conclusion: Two in three offices were got by money; the number of creoles in the Spanish - American governments increased in relation to the previous stage.
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